Born on 9 January 1882 at the Cape of Good Hope, one of the sons of a naval surgeon who later became Director-General of the Navy Medical Service as Sir Henry Norbury KCB, he was educated at St Paul's and Merchant Taylors' Schools and St Thomas's Medical School which he entered in 1899. He had a dis

Allan Rigden Finn was born on 23 June 1879. His father William George Finn was a prosperous farmer who resided at Grove House, Faversham, Kent; he and his wife, Ellen Ann Finn had a family of thirteen children, six boys and seven girls, of whom Allan was the youngest boy. He was educated at King's S

Robert Morison Rowe was born on 23 February 1875, the son of an English father and a French mother, this latter fact having a permanent effect upon his subsequent career. His preclinical studies were done partly in Edinburgh and partly in Dublin, and for his clinical work he came to St Bartholomew's

Born in 1879 he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and St Bartholomew's Hospital where he served as house surgeon, ophthalmic house surgeon, and chief assistant in the children's department; he was also house physician at the Metropolitan Hospital. Coventon qualified with the Conjoint Diplo